allonlinenovel Chapter 207 Chinese New Year (14)
Chapter 207 Chinese New Year (14)
Su Jinru: "It was a gift from a friend. We know that ginseng is precious, but it is a medicine after all, and we dare not use it indiscriminately. We felt that giving it to you would allow it to truly exert its effects."
"Great, this ginseng is excellent. Where can you find such good ginseng at this time of year?"
Su Jinru: "My friend used to make a living by digging yams, but now they're not allowed to sell them anymore. They say that everything on the mountain belongs to the state, so he stopped doing it."
Old Hong shook his head and sighed.
"So that's why we can't procure medicinal herbs now. Many people are sick and have no choice but to go to the hospital. If they encounter a good doctor, they're fine, but if they encounter someone else... they can only leave it to fate."
"It's too far, otherwise I could buy it privately from here."
Su Jinru: "How much would this ginseng be worth if we were to buy it?"
"The prices of Chinese medicinal herbs generally don't fluctuate much, but the price of ginseng fluctuates a lot. This six-year-old wild ginseng, this size, costs between six hundred and one thousand."
How much does wild Ganoderma lucidum cost per kilogram?
"Three hundred yuan per pound."
These two are precious medicinal herbs and are expensive. Su Jinru plans to plant a large number of these two herbs in her space in the future.
Other types of medicinal herbs take up space and are not expensive, so Su Jinru doesn't have that much energy to take care of them.
Just like those years, she only planted potatoes in her online space and earned more than two million yuan.
She uses spiritual water to grow ginseng in her space, and with the addition of adjusting the temperature and humidity required for the ginseng, a ginseng grown in her space for one month is equivalent to a year in real life.
In real life, the typical growth cycle of Ganoderma lucidum is six months to one year.
The Ganoderma lucidum that Su Jinru planted in the space can be harvested in two months.
Su Jinru said, “Old Hong, there are many mountains in our area. As the saying goes, people live off the mountains. Many people used to make a living by digging up medicinal herbs in the mountains to sell. Now the regulations are strict, but for the sake of livelihood, some people still take the risk to find medicinal herbs. If you are interested, I can mail them to you. Of course, I don’t need ordinary medicinal herbs, but I mainly need precious herbs such as ginseng and lingzhi.”
"Really? You can really get your hands on it?"
"Give it a try! If you accept it, I'll trust you."
"Of course I accept it! Sometimes patients come to me, but I don't have the medicine, so it's a waste of my time to treat them."
With Mr. Hong's promise, Su Jinru felt relieved.
She was worried that she couldn't find anyone to buy the medicinal herbs she had grown in her space!
"How much ginseng and lingzhi can Old Hong digest?"
"I'll take as much as you can. I can't handle that much myself, so I can share it with other colleagues!"
How many years old should ginseng be before it's considered good?
"Of course, the older the better!"
When the elderly couple saw their old friend's child, they were naturally very welcoming. The elderly couple instructed their son and daughter-in-law to cook for them, while the elderly couple chatted with Yuan Wenjie and Su Jinru for a whole day.
Unable to refuse their hospitality, we didn't let them leave until after dinner.
After saying goodbye to Mr. Hong and his family, we headed home.
Yuan Wenjie: "You want to grow medicinal herbs in the space?"
"That's right! If I plant grains, because the grain cycle is short, I have to go to the space every day to tend to those crops. In the future, my body will probably become more and more inconvenient. As for planting ginseng, the longer the planting time, the better. I just need to plant it and I can harvest it whenever I want."
"That's right! For the next two years, you can focus on the child and leave the money-making to me. You don't even need to plant anything in the space."
“That won’t do. The land in the space can’t be left vacant. If the land is vacant, I will lose the right to own the space. I don’t want to lose the space.”
Yuan Wenjie: "There's such a saying?"
"Of course, when the blood was used to bind the space to its owner, the little elf inside said that only hardworking and kind people are qualified to possess this space. The first rule of the space is that once the space is opened and used, the land inside cannot be left idle. Once it is left idle, the space will be lost and the space will automatically close."
"Then you should plant ginseng, plant ginseng on all the land."
"Right now, in my space, besides growing some ginseng, lingzhi, fruit trees, and vegetables, there are also some fruit tree seedlings. I plan to transplant them all out once they grow up so you can plant them on Qiongzhou Island. That way, everyone on Qiongzhou Island can eat fruit. Can you imagine what it would be like if there were many different kinds of fruit on Qiongzhou Island?"
Yuan Wenjie: "Fruit trees were planted along all the roadsides, in front of and behind houses, along the edges of fields, and on all the open spaces. Qiongzhou Island has truly become a beautiful and prosperous home."
“Aru, Mingming, you could plant ginseng on all the land in the space. That way, you would not only save effort and time, but also earn more. But for the sake of Qiongzhou Island, you would rather plant some fruit trees that don’t bring you much profit.”
“From selling grain to the production team at low prices during the famine to planting fruit trees on Qiongzhou Island for free now, Aru, your magnanimity is unmatched.”
"Don't make me sound so great. I only did a small favor. You were able to fight bravely and risk your life to fight when the nation was in danger. As your wife, I can't fall behind! Besides, being able to help you realize your dream is also my dream."
“Aru, how lucky I am to have married such a broad-minded and loving woman like you.”
"Please stop talking, you're making me feel embarrassed. I'm lucky to have such a space. I can't just think about eating and drinking my fill! There will be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future."
"Moreover, the current environment is not suitable for doing business."
"I currently have five or six hundred ginseng roots in my storage space, but I don't care if I take them out!"
"It's alright. You can raise the ginseng for a few more years. Wait a few days and see if the environment improves. Then you'll naturally have a chance to sell it."
"Yes! Now we send Old Hong ten ginseng roots and more than thirty catties of Ganoderma lucidum every month. We dare not send more than that."
"This is about 20,000 yuan, which is more than a hundred times my salary."
How much is your salary?
Three hundred and one.
“Your salary is ten times mine. When I was working at the agricultural technology station in Nanyang County, I only earned thirty yuan a month.”
"That's pretty good. Ordinary factory workers only earn twenty yuan. Of course, some special jobs pay more than sixty yuan."
Su Jinru said, "So when we go back after the New Year, you'll have to start organizing a group of people to plan the planting of fruit trees and dig the pits so I can plan the saplings in the space."
“We need to bring back all the people who were previously cultivating the land to do this work.”